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Validity,reliability,and measurement invariance of an adapted short version of the HIV stigma scale among perinatally HIV infected adolescents at the Kenyan coast

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Global Health Research and Policy 2021年第1期6卷 1-10页

作者： Stanley W.Wanjala Derrick Ssewanyana Patrick N.Mwangala carophine nasambu Esther Chongwo Stanley Luchters Charles R.J.C.Newton Amina Abubakar Department of Public Health and Primary Care Ghent UniversityGhentBelgium Department of Social Sciences Pwani UniversityBox 195KilifiKenya Neuroassessment Group KEMRI/Wellcome Trust Research ProgrammeCentre for Geographic Medicine Research(Coast)KilifiKenya Alliance for Human Development Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research InstituteTorontoCanada Institute for Human Development Aga Khan UniversityNairobiKenya Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine Monash UniversityMelbourneAustralia Department of Population Health Medical CollegeAga Khan UniversityNairobiKenya Department of Public Health Pwani UniversityKilifiKenya Department of Psychiatry University of OxfordOxfordUK

Background:There is a dearth of instruments that have been developed and validated for use with children living with HIV under the age of 17 years in the Kenyan *** examined the psychometric properties and measure-ment invariance of a short version of the Berger HIV stigma scale administered to perinatally HIV-infected adolescents in a rural setting on the Kenyan ***:A cross-sectional study was conducted among 201 perinatally HIV-infected adolescents aged 12-17 years between November 2017 and October 2018.A short version of the Berger HIV stigma scale(HSS-40)containing twelve items(HSS-12)covering the four dimensions of stigma was *** psychometric assessment included exploratory factor analysis,confirmatory factor analysis(CFA),and multi-group ***,scale reliability was evaluated as internal consistency by calculating Cronbach’s ***:Evaluation of the reliability and construct validity of the HSS-12 indicated insufficient reliability on three of the four ***,Exploratory Factor Analysis(EFA)was conducted to identify problematic items and determine ways to enhance the scale’s *** on the EFA results,two items were *** Swahili version of this new 10-item HIV stigma scale(HSS-10)demonstrated excellent internal consistency with a Cronbach alpha of 0.86(95%confidence interval(CI)0.84-0.89).Confirmatory Factor Analysis indicated that a unidimensional model best fitted the *** HSS-10 presented a good fit(overall Comparative Fit Index=0.976,Tucker Lewis Index=0.969,Root Mean Square Error of Approximation=0.040,Standardised Root Mean Residual=0.045).Additionally,multi-group CFA indicated measurement invariance across gender and age groups at the strict invariance level asΔCFI was≤***:Our findings indicate that the HSS-10 has good psychometric properties and is appropriate for evaluat-ing HIV stigma among perinatally HIV-infected adolescents on the Kenyan ***,stud

关键词： Stigma Adolescents HIV/AIDS Psychometrics Measurement invariance Kenya

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Neurocognitive and mental health outcomes in children with tungiasis:a cross-sectional study in rural Kenya and Uganda

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Infectious Diseases of Poverty 2023年第6期12卷 98-98页

作者： Berrick Otieno Lynne Elson Abneel K.Matharu Naomi Riithi Esther Chongwo Khamis Katana carophine nasambu Francis Mutebi Herman Feldmeier Jürgen Krücken Ulrike Fillinger Amina Abubakar Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI)-Wellcome Trust Programme Hospital Road Kilifi Kenya Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health Nuffield Department of Medicine University of Oxford Oxford UK International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (ICIE) Human Health Theme Nairobi Kenya Institute for Parasitology and Tropical Veterinary Medicine Freie Universität Berlin Berlin Germany Institute for Human Development Aga Khan University Nairobi Kenya School of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Resources College of Veterinary Medicine Animal Resources and Biosecurity Makerere University Kampala Uganda Charité University Medicine Berlin Germany

Background Tungiasis,a neglected tropical parasitosis,disproportionately afects *** empirical studies have reported neurocognitive and mental health outcomes of children with ectoparasitic skin diseases like *** of tungiasis suggests it could detrimentally afect cognition and *** study pioneered the investigation of neurocognitive and mental health outcomes in children with *** This was a multi-site cross-sectional study including 454 quasi-randomly sampled school-children aged 8-14 from 48 randomly selected schools in two counties in Kenya and a district in *** participants were stratifed into infected and uninfected based on the presence of *** infected were further classifed into mild and severe infection groups based on the intensity of the ***,validated,and standardized measures of cognition and mental health such as Raven Matrices and Child Behaviour Checklist were used to collect *** tests including a multilevel,generalized mixed-efects linear models with family link set to identity were used to compare the scores of uninfected and infected children and to identify other potential risk factors for neurocognitive and behavioural *** When adjusted for covariates,mild infection was associated with lower scores in literacy[adjustedβ(aβ)=−8.9;95%confdence interval(CI)−17.2,−0.6],language(aβ=−1.7;95%CI−3.2,−0.3),cognitive fexibility(aβ=−6.1;95%CI−10.4,−1.7)and working memory(aβ=−0.3;95%CI−0.6,−0.1).Severe infection was associated with lower scores in literacy(aβ=−11.0;95%CI−19.3,−2.8),response inhibition,(aβ=−2.2;95%CI−4.2,−0.2),fne motor control(aβ=−0.7;95%CI−1.1,−0.4)and numeracy(aβ=−3;95%CI−5.5,−0.4).Conclusions This study provides frst evidence that tungiasis is associated with poor neurocognitive functioning in *** tungiasis is a chronic disease with frequent reinfections,such negative efects may potentially impair their development and l

关键词： Tungiasis Tunga penetrans Neglected tropical disease Neurocognition Mental health School-aged children Africa

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Validation of a Swahili version of the World Health Organization 5-item well-being index among adults living with HIV and epilepsy in rural coastal Kenya

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Global Health Research and Policy 2018年第1期3卷 102-108页

作者： Esther Chongwo Derrick Ssewanyana carophine nasambu Patrick N.Mwangala Paul M.Mwangi Moses K.Nyongesa Charles R.Newton Amina Abubakar Centre for Geographic Medicine Research Coast Kenya Medical Research Institute(KEMRI)P.O Box 230KilifiKenya Utrecht Centre for Child and Adolescent Studies Utrecht UniversityP.O Box 801403508TCUtrechtThe Netherlands Department of Public Health Pwani UniversityP.O Box 195KilifiKenya Department of Psychiatry Warneford HospitalUniversity of OxfordOxford OX37JXUK

Objective:The purpose of this study was to evaluate the psychometric properties of the World Health Organization’s five item well-being index(WHO-5)when administered to adults living with HIV or epilepsy in a rural setting at the coast of ***:A case control study design was conducted among 230 adults aged 18-50 years,who comprised 147 cases(63 living with epilepsy and 84 living with HIV)and 83 healthy *** participants were administered to a faceto-face interview during which they completed the Swahili version of WHO-5 well-being index,the Major Depression Inventory(MDI)and responded to some items on their socio-demographic *** to assess internal consistency,construct validity,discriminant validity,and convergent validity of the Swahili version of WHO-5 well-being index was conducted.A multivariate regression was carried out to assess the association between psychological wellbeing(assessed using Swahili version of WHO-5 well-being index)and having a chronic illness(HIV or epilepsy).Results:The Swahili version of WHO-5 well-being index demonstrated good internal consistency with Cronbach alpha ranges of 0.86-0.88 among the three study *** tool had good discriminant validity.A one factor structure of the tool was obtained from confirmatory factor analysis(overall Comparative Fit Index=1.00,Tuckler Lewis Index=1.01,Root Mean Square of Error Approximation=0.00).Living with HIV or epilepsy in comparison to being a healthy control was significantly associated with greater odds of having sub-optimal psychological ***:Our findings demonstrate that the Swahili version of WHO-5 well-being index has good psychometric properties and is appropriate for use to evaluate psychological well-being among adults living with chronic conditions such as HIV or epilepsy from a rural low resource setting in *** its brevity and ease of use,the Swahili version of WHO-5 well-being index could potentially be used by lay wor

关键词： Wellbeing Validation HIV Epilepsy Psychometrics WHO-5 item index

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